Gondor's Grumblings

The Wooksta! · December 21, 2023, 02:04:02 PM

Found the Meteor nose and it was exactly where I thought it was. Now residing in a box of Brick bits.

Rick Lowe · December 21, 2023, 07:20:20 PM

Quote from: Pellson on December 20, 2023, 01:53:39 AM
Quote from: Rick Lowe on December 19, 2023, 08:58:19 PM
Quote from: Gondor on December 19, 2023, 04:54:42 AMThe only time I had a partial failure was when one was a bit under cooked in the middle. Reheated and served with custard it was fine.

Gondor

With enough custard, whipped cream or icing, most cake failures are redeemable/hide able...

Male cooking at its finest...

Indeed!

Gondor · December 22, 2023, 02:01:07 AM

Quote from: The Wooksta! on December 21, 2023, 02:04:02 PMFound the Meteor nose and it was exactly where I thought it was. Now residing in a box of Brick bits.

That sounds good Lee, only we were talking about noses for Buccaneers

Gondor

The Wooksta! · December 22, 2023, 04:28:18 AM

It was a resin Meteor nose for one of the test beds for TSR2.

Gondor · December 22, 2023, 05:32:46 AM

Quote from: The Wooksta! on December 22, 2023, 04:28:18 AMIt was a resin Meteor nose for one of the test beds for TSR2.

Ah, the TSR2 nose for the Meteor?

Gondor

The Wooksta! · December 22, 2023, 06:25:50 AM

Yes, it's the one I mentioned upthread.

Gondor · December 22, 2023, 07:33:52 AM

Quote from: The Wooksta! on December 22, 2023, 06:25:50 AMYes, it's the one I mentioned upthread.

Maybe I should send you the Buccaneer nose fo the same can happen that then?

Gondor

The Wooksta! · December 22, 2023, 09:53:08 AM

I have the nose mould for the Brick anyway.

Gondor · December 22, 2023, 10:32:47 AM

Quote from: The Wooksta! on December 22, 2023, 09:53:08 AMI have the nose mould for the Brick anyway.

Cool

The Wooksta! · December 22, 2023, 10:44:21 AM

Had several older Airfix ones and only one resin nose. Guess what happened next?

Gondor · December 22, 2023, 10:48:18 AM

Quote from: The Wooksta! on December 22, 2023, 10:44:21 AMHad several older Airfix ones and only one resin nose. Guess what happened next?

It had a terrible accident where it fell into some rubber! Or am I verry bad at guessing?

Gondor · December 23, 2023, 04:08:04 AM

Woke fairly early today and decided to go to my local supermarket for a couple of items I had forgotten to buy yesterday. Now that was busy yesterday! At around about 11am yesterdau, and there was a que on the dual carriage way from the roundabout the 100 yards or so up the the lights for the supermarket! I had shopping to do elsewhere and entered the supermarket access road from the opposite direction which is a slip road as it's the same side as the access. Finding a parking space was long winded and I ended up almost at the furthest way part of the car park from the doors and then inside it was quite busy too.
Today at 7:40am the car park looked as if it was shortly before 5pm on a normal weekday, and as I entered the store there was a que for the self checkouts! I found out later that I should have got more tea bags so I will get them when I am out delivering cards to family members and that will be me not going out for quite some time!

Gondor

NARSES2 · December 23, 2023, 05:39:52 AM

I went into my local M&S on Thursday at 8:00am and it was a doddle, went into Sainsbury's at 7::00am yesterday (they opened at 6:00am) and I was the only one in there. Lord knows what they were like a coupe of hours later though

Rheged · December 23, 2023, 05:54:41 AM

Quote from: NARSES2 on December 23, 2023, 05:39:52 AMI went into my local M&S on Thursday at 8:00am and it was a doddle, went into Sainsbury's at 7::00am yesterday (they opened at 6:00am) and I was the only one in there. Lord knows what they were like a coupe of hours later though

Seven o'clock I'm only half awake and eight o'clock I'm still absorbing breakfast! I can do early mornings if necessary, but I prefer to linger over my coffee. Rheged minor, on the other hand, is currently working eight until five in a supermarket and is up and about by six am. He tells me that during the last few days it's been quiet until ten, busy until two and totally manic thereafter. His comments on peoples' buying habits include " the shops are only closed for a couple of days", "does an average suburban family really need five large Christmas puddings?", and " is the cooking so bad in some houses that they need to stock up with 4 16-packs of loo roll?"

scooter · December 23, 2023, 06:06:44 AM

Quote from: Rheged on December 23, 2023, 05:54:41 AMRheged minor, on the other hand, is currently working eight until five in a supermarket and is up and about by six am. He tells me that during the last few days it's been quiet until ten, busy until two and totally manic thereafter. His comments on peoples' buying habits include " the shops are only closed for a couple of days", "does an average suburban family really need five large Christmas puddings?", and " is the cooking so bad in some houses that they need to stock up with 4 16-packs of loo roll?"

SWMBO, who until this past summer, worked at our local Shop-Rite supermarket concurs with the accuracy of Minor's observations.